Configuring Internet Mail in Windows Small Business Server 2008

Configuring Internet Mail in Windows Small Business Server 2008

This documentation describes the features and tools that are included in Windows® Small Business Server 2008 to enable users to send and receive e-mail over the Internet.

Topics in this document provide information and step-by-step instructions that help you set up and configure features that enable you to perform the following tasks:

Send and receive e-mail over the Internet

You can use the wizards included with Windows SBS 2008 to configure your Internet connection, Internet address, and the e-mail connectors that are necessary to route e-mail over the Internet. By using the Configure Internet Mail Wizard, you can also choose to configure a “smart host” server, which helps optimize server performance and make Internet mail more secure and reliable.

The Windows SBS 2008 POP3 Connector enables you to retrieve e-mail from external POP3 mailboxes and deliver it to the appropriate user’s mailbox on the Exchange Server. For example, you can retrieve e-mail from the POP3 mailbox for Chris@adatum.com (where adatum.com is the domain name of Chris' Internet service provider), and then deliver it to your Exchange Server mailbox for Chris@contoso.com.